In 2011/2, the North of England Civic Trust's HLF-funded Engineering Heritage Skills Initiative (EHSI) provided one year bursary placements, including at Tanfield Railway. People concerned have featured on this blog, and the scheme is providing positive results.

Recognize any of the 2011/2 engineers?(photo courtesy of NECT)

Applications for bursary placements in 2012/3 are now invited, with a deadline of 26 January. Please see http://www.nect.org.uk/engineering-hsi/ehsi-bursary-placements for details and an application form. Note that previous recipients of EHSI bursaries are ineligible - the scheme is trying to assist and develop heritage skills with different engineers each year.

If you are considering this, act now and download the application form. Read about the placements, which are at various locations in the North East, on the web site. Take a look at the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/146740965394085/#!/groups/146740965394085/ Discuss the idea with others, eg at the railway. If you have questions, ask others, including getting in touch with North of England Civic Trust (NECT). If you want to develop your skills, and you have something to offer, don't hesitate, apply straight away.

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Today the ORR inspector came to inspect the physical side of the railway, this was a detailed walk of the railway. The result is that there was nothing flagged up that we did not know about, and that the planned work in the near future should bring the railway up to scratch. More news of the proposed work will be posted soon.

There will be normal passenger services on Sundays 29 January, 5, 12 and 19 February 2012.

In order to expedite engineering works there will be no passenger trains on Sundays 26 February, 4 or 11 March. Andrews House tea room and shop, and Marley Hill shed and site, will be open for visitors.

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Saturday, 21 January 2012

During the art exhibition opened last Saturday at NRM Shildon, video of Cochrane's fire projecting the shadow of a miniature sculpture of Carolyn Corfield's LNER/BR driver grandfather onto the tender of a Stanier 8F 2-8-0 repatriated from Turkey (photo courtesy of Carolyn).

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You are invited to travel any Sunday in wooden carriages on the world's oldest railway, the 1725 route of the Tanfield Waggonway. Visit the world's oldest engine shed at Marley Hill, which has housed industrial steam locomotives from North East England since 1854. ... more info ....